I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Kollam) in Aug 2021
Interview
Applied through College, First had an online test which constitute of aptitude questions only( as i choose Cognizant GenC ,for GenC elevate and GenC Next there were questions from Sql database, Coding, programming logic etc..).Then after the test i was selected for interview, interview was One on One interview via Online video conferencing (superset platform), Even though there were some technical issues to the platform (video call) ,the interviewer was friendly and Interview was very easy. I was from Electronics and Communication background so interview had topics from EC related subjects as well.
After this interview i was selected and onemore additional HR round was there which just included document verification and some basic HR questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical Questions
1.8086 architecture (jst explain the parts)
2.Modulation
3.CDMA,GSM
4.Pass band, Baseband
5.what is SoC
6.programming language that you know
7. Applications of python {jst because i replied python for the earlier qstn}
8.Dictionary
9.Asked whether my project is related to computer science or not
HR Questions
Asked to solve a simple problem{ distance-time}
Any certifications?
Why cognizant?
Any questions?
Two interviews with coding test and and aptitute test , pretty easy , aske about projects done and java oops questions also sql question , position was full stack developer
We had many rounds like 3 rounds before interview and interview was quite good. I got selected into cognizant as and programmer analyst trainee. I did not focus much on java, so due to that i Got 4 lpa
They asked very basic questions of reversing a string java basics and sql introduction and asked some data structures concepts finally few hr questions so on finally interviewer looks very strict interview got rejected